Now everything seems to be turned upside down. What I have
in mind is the Snowden case.
To me Snodwen is a hero. He is a whistleblower who stands up
against powerful organizations violating American and international law. He told
the world that NSA violates rights of privacy, monitoring millions of accounts
on Google and Facebook.
Whistleblowers never win. They’re always shot down, unless
they stay undercover, like Deep Throat. But, history often gives them the
credit they deserve.
The NSA claims they have prevented several terror attacks.
That’s great. We can probably accept surveillance of selected groups and individuals
to prevent terror.
But why does the NSA spy on European embassies and government
offices? We don’t like that. I’ve always been a fan of Obama, but in this case
he has disappointed me, if he knew what was going on.
I hope the NSA has noticed that Napoleon is no longer Emperor
of France, and Hitler is not Chancellor of Germany.
Today most EU countries are social
democracies. Is this the motivation for the surveillance?
In America the only word that appears more scaring than
terrorism is socialism. It means collective farms and gulags, Stalin and Mao
and Pol Pot.
Social democracy is not the same as communism.
In practice, a social democracy is a capitalist system with
a socialist touch. The social democracy has invented horrifying things like
free health care and free education. Except from that, there’s not much to
fear.
We’re friends of America and will always be. Part of a
friendship is to tell your friend when he has done something unacceptable.
(The cartoon was borrowed from joyreactor.com)
